'Modi govt working through a vision and mission to devp India'

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Press Trust of India Ranchi
Last Updated : May 20 2016 | 5:32 PM IST
Ecstatic at the mandate given to the BJP by the people of Assam, Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today said the Narendra Modi government "is working through a vision and mission" to make the country developed and prosperous.
"If you evaluate the performance in (the past) two years of the Centre, in every area the Modi government is working through vision and mission on its way to all round development of the country," Das said here.
Sharing his views with journalists at his residence, days ahead of the Modi government's second anniversary, Das referred to Centre's investments and other initiatives since the BJP came to power.
Praising the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yozana for aiding farmers during exigencies, Das counted central initiatives like banking service reaching to villages, Startup India, Swachch Bharat Mission, efforts for electrifying villages, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Yozana (protect and educate the girl child) and other initiatives.
Saying that the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yozana would fulfil the dream of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Das said Modi has asked every district to prepare district irrigation plans and ten districts in Jharkhand have already prepared them.
The Prime Minister saw the enormous potential of Jharkhand which could help the country in the power or food processing sector, Das said adding, the state was also working in coordination with the Centre, in fulfilling the PM's dreams and expectations from Jharkhand.
The Chief Minister said the people of the country maintained their confidence in the Prime Minister, indicating to the just declared results of Assembly elections in four states.
Das said it was due to the vote bank and appeasement
politics of a certain community by some sections of political parties that this awareness programme about cow and its benefits have taken a hit.
"Political parties should not see everything under the lens of vote bank politics. The milk that we get from cow is beneficial for people from all communities be it Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Christians. A politician who is saying this is also having the milk of the cow," Das said.
The Chief Minister said he had already asked the police administration in his state to stop any instance of cow smuggling.
"I have given clear instructions to the police that there will be no instance of cow smuggling from the state. Recently we seized few trucks carrying cows for smuggling through Bengal. In Jharkhand there should be awareness about cow smuggling, there should be awareness in West Bengal too," Das said.
He said it was due to the degradation of moral values that social evils such as rapes, cow slaughter and other evils are happening in the society.
"Be it rapes, illegal cow slaughter or other social evils, they are result of degradation of moral values of the society. We need to raise awareness about it. These things are a conspiracy to stop the development process started by our Prime Minister," Das said.
On the opinion of some people who are on a different page on the issue of cow slaughter, Das said, "By doing this a section is only pursuing vote bank politics and there should be awareness against this.
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First Published: May 20 2016 | 5:32 PM IST

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